CAR AUCTIONS

MarkMas

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Ebenezer said:
That's got @MarkMas written all over it! Except I think he already has expensive luggage.
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I really don't like these. Seem like the worst of 1970s Italian 'design'.
They were auctioning pairs of Maserati suitcases (not complete sets) at the Maserati Club Xmas lunch. Went for £250.

This is proper luggage:
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Guy said:
low miles GS on collecting cars
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Sold for £18k plus fees - seems high for a car that’s missed 10 services, but that’s the nature of auctions…just need a couple of people to really want it! The same car was sold on the same platform 2 years ago for £19k, which again seemed strong at the time. The recent higher miles but properly serviced one looked better value to me at £14k plus fees.
 
williamsmix

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dickygrace said:
£7-8k?? Early car, auto, weak colour combo?
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Yes, it’s the same combo as my 3200, which is quite understated. This, I find, has a bit of an advantage when you have to leave the car parked somewhere. It means that youth don’t spit on it or decide to dance on the bonnet (as happened to a Ferrari down the road from me).
 
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williamsmix said:
Yes, it’s the same combo as my 3200, which is quite understated. This, I find, has a bit of an advantage when you have to leave the car parked somewhere. It means that youth don’t spit on it or decide to dance on the bonnet (as happened to a Ferrari down the road from me).
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I like it in Silver
 
williamsmix

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Ewan said:
Only two services in the last 14 years and no end-float reading. Why would anybody gamble on paying more than the value that could be recouped by breaking it?
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The end float problem and the cost of a getting a clutch done put me off going for a manual. But, on the drive video, the owner does say that a cam belt and major service have just been done and that the clutch was changed recently. The underside doesn’t look too bad either, although you can’t see much of the front subframe. And I wouldn’t trust an MOT tester on that (I’ve known them miss issues with the captive nuts in the chassis rails)!
 
midlifecrisis

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Nayf said:
As a UK car from that period it could be a mixture of anything, to be honest. It’ll upset rivet counters but the UK importers (which had a tendency to go bust fairly often) largely had to finish the cars off themselves with whatever they had to hand, in two cases via sheds either at Elland Road or Southampton docks. Factory support for the UK was never brilliant.
Add in less than great parts supply in the years since and what The Internet says a car should or shouldn’t have doesn’t often tally with a particular year.
When Meridien took over the concessionaire they bought c30 cars that had been sat around for an indeterminate time and had to make the best they could.
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I remember that Ducati had three importers (Moto Cinelli, Three Cross and A.N. Other (Carnells?) ) at one stage before Ducati employed a Mr C. Fogarty of Blackburn. They then got serious about selling bikes in the UK. Luckily being simple things bikes Pantahs, 851/888, were pretty much single spec. The only problem were the narrowminded dealers in the 1990's, who didn't like it if you had a euro-spec bike and wanted them to service it. Particularly Jack Machin's of Lincoln (now closed!) , his son was far more approachable and was happy to service my two Kawasakis. Funnily enough, he didn't like his dad either at the time.
 
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